Border Control

Adani Airport Holdings Limited and Thales Forge Strategic Partnership to Improve Airport Operations and Passenger Experience in India

09 Oct 2024

Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), the largest private airport operator in India, and Thales, a global leader in advanced technologies, today announced a strategic partnership to revolutionise AAHL’s international airport operations and passenger experience across the country. Under this partnership, Thales has already deployed the Fly to Gate solution at seven of AAHL-managed airports2 in India, streamlining and enhancing the journey for millions of travellers since early 2024. Extending this collaboration, AAHL has now awarded Thales an additional contract to deploy at all its airports, the innovative Airport Operation Control Centre (APOC) to optimise overall airport management and enhance passenger experience securely.

Thales reinforces its 'Border & Travel' offer with the new Multimodal Biometric Pod

06 Dec 2022

The new Thales multimodal biometric pod is an efficient enrolment and identification solution that helps smoothly manage travelers’ border and immigration processes. The combination of ‘iris & face’ capture and recognition capacities enables a fast and secure enrolment and ID verification at borders. The pod features a modern design that perfectly suits the authority’s needs in highly secure environments.

Thales technology selected for the new Schengen ‘Entry Exit System’ in Spain

16 Jun 2022

PARIS LA DÉFENSE, June 16th, 2022 - By the end of this year, Schengen Member States will be required to have a biometric entry and exit system to register non-European citizens crossing an external EU border. Thales, in collaboration with the company Zelenza, has been selected by the Spanish Ministry of Interior to provide over 1,500 Manual Border Control Inspection units across all border-crossing points.

Thales continues to improve travellers experience at Spanish Airports with border gate deployments

21 Sep 2021

Three more Spanish airports – Reus, Girona-Costa Brava and Tenerife Sur benefit from new Automated Border Control (ABC) gate deployments for improved and speed up the process of border management and traveller experience.

High-tech solutions from Thales optimise the air passenger experience from home to the airport

01 Jul 2021

•   With health restrictions and regulations in place around the world, high-tech solutions from Thales (Artificial Intelligence, biometrics, etc.) offer airports, airlines and border officials opportunities to increase operational efficiency, protect passengers’ health and safety and improve the travel experience.
•   A temporary digital token is created for each passenger when they check in, from any location and well before they arrive at the airport, and is then used to authenticate the individual in less than a second, with or without a mask, at different points in the airport (check-in, bag drop-off, security, passport control and boarding).
•   The solution reduces passport control and boarding times by an average of 30%, easing congestion while improving airport security and enhancing the passenger experience.

Thales and Inetum Deliver Smarter Border Management at Spanish Valencia and Bilbao Airports

25 Mar 2021

• Thales and Inetum provide joint expertise to deliver greater security and convenience at the airports of Valencia and Bilbao, and before long at Fuerteventura.
• Smart accesses improve the border control process with higher agility and security
• New system facilitates operations for the officers of the National Police

Thales Selected to Prepare France for the New Schengen Area Entry/Exit System

22 Mar 2021

• In 2017 the European Union adopted a new directive for the deployment of a biometric entry and exit registration system (EES) for Member States in order to strengthen the security of the Schengen Area and modernize border crossings.
• In less than one minute, third-country nationals will thus be pre-registered and have their identity verified at Thales kiosks deployed at French airports, train stations and ports.
• The expertise of Thales in the field of identity document verification and biometrics will deliver a secure solution while offering optimal user experience.

Facial Recognition Pilot Project at Madrid Airport evolves into broader Contactless Passenger Experience

11 Feb 2021

The AENA airports authority, Iberia, Inetum and Thales partner in this ambitious project, supported by Spain’s Industrial Technology Development Centre (CDTI).
It uses biometric identification of passengers with tablet-type devices.
Project aims to increase security while speeding procedures in the airport.
It will help comply with new health and safety measures for airports in the context of Covid-19.

Biometric technology to control COVID-19

23 Jun 2020

After several months of lockdown in Spain, returning to normality will take place with limitations to avoid a new massive outbreak among the population.

New e-Visa system boosts tourism in Uganda

03 Mar 2020

Uganda's Electronic Visa and Permit system went live in July 2016. Discover with Thales how the system works and its benefits for travellers and the country.